Norm Chow
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| Norm Chow | ||
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| Title | Offensive coordinator | |
| College | UCLA | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Conference | Pac-10 | |
| Born | May 3, 1946 | |
| Place of birth |  Honolulu, HI |
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| Awards | ||
| 2002 Broyles Award | ||
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| 1965-1967 | Utah | |
| Position | Guard | |
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| 1973-1999 2000 2001-2004 2005-2007 2008-present |
Brigham Young (OC) NC State (OC) USC (OC) Tennessee Titans (OC) UCLA (OC) |
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Norman Chow (Chinese: 周友賢; pinyin: Zhōu Yǒuxián; born May 3, 1946 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) is the offensive coordinator for the UCLA Bruins.[1] He has also been an offensive coordinator for the NFL's Tennessee Titans, the University of Southern California, North Carolina State University, and Brigham Young University.
Chow won the 2002 Broyles Award as the nation's top collegiate assistant coach. He also was named the 2002 NCAA Division I-A Offensive Coordinator of the Year by American Football Monthly and was named the National Assistant Coach of the Year in 1999 by the American Football Foundation. He is known for developing quarterbacks such as Jim McMahon, Steve Young, Ty Detmer, Philip Rivers, Carson Palmer, and Matt Leinart.[2]
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[edit] Education and playing career
Chow, a native of Honolulu, and an alumnus of Punahou School, played college football for the University of Utah. Chow was a 2-year starter and a 3-year letterman offensive guard for the Utes. In his senior season, Chow was named to the All-WAC first team and gained All-America honorable mention honors. He then played briefly in the Canadian Football League, for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, before an injury ended his professional athletic career. He was selected to Utah's All-Century Team.
He received a doctorate in education, Ed.D., from Brigham Young University in 1978 ("Special education teaching competencies: an investigation of the differences of perceived importance of teaching competencies among teachers of categorical areas of special education").[3]
[edit] Collegiate coaching career
Chow served as BYU's offensive coordinator from 1982 to 1999, during which time he helped coach the Cougars to their only national title in 1984, which is also the last time a non-BCS school (sometimes called a mid-major) won the NCAA Division I FBS (then I-A) national championship. He then left BYU for a short stint as the offensive coordinator at NC State, before accepting the position of offensive coordinator at the University of Southern California.
In 23 seasons as offensive coordinator, Chow coached 8 of the top 14 career passing efficiency leaders and 13 quarterbacks who rank among the top 30 in NCAA history for single-season passing yardage. The BYU Cougars scored 30 or more points in 106 of 181 games. His list of pupils include Robbie Bosco, Steve Young and Heisman Trophy winners Ty Detmer, Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart.
Chow helped lead the Trojans to the 2003 Associated Press title (their first since 1978) and the 2004 BCS Championship. He left USC in spring 2005 after being passed over for the Stanford University head coaching job to join the Tennessee Titans as offensive coordinator under head coach Jeff Fisher, a USC graduate.
After being fired by the Titans following the 2007 season, Chow was hired by new UCLA head coach Rick Neuheisel as offensive coordinator.[1]
[edit] Professional coaching career
Chow served as the offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans from 2005 to 2007. During this time, the Titans had non-losing seasons in 2006 (8-8) and 2007 (10-6), and appeared in the 2007 AFC Playoffs. In 2007, the Titans were 21st overall in total offense, with a total of nine touchdown passes.[4] On January 15, 2008, Chow was fired by the Tennessee Titans; however, he had two years left on a contract that will pay him more than $1 million a year and if Chow were to take another job the Titans would only be responsible for the difference in salaries; thus, the Titans must pay the difference between his UCLA salary and what he was earning with the Titans.[4]
[edit] Head coaching interest
The extent of Chow's interest in a head coaching job is well known. In addition to Stanford, Chow has been officially "interviewed" for the head coaching jobs with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, North Carolina State University, the University of Kentucky and the University of Hawaiʻi.
Chow was a candidate to replace Karl Dorrell at UCLA, but withdrew his candidacy soon after interviewing.[5] [6] Chow was also considered for the replacement of June Jones at the University of Hawaiʻi.[7]
[edit] Personal
Chow and his wife, Diane, have four children, all adults: Carter, Maile, Cameron and Chandler. Carter serves as his father's agent.[4] One of his sons graduated from the University of Southern California and another is still a student there.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Chris Foster, UCLA hires Norm Chow as offensive coordinator, Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2008.
- ^ starbulletin.com | Sports | /2006/05/03/
- ^ Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports
- ^ a b c Gary Klein and Chris Foster, Chow on UCLA's radar after his firing by Titans, Los Angeles Times, January 16, 2008.
- ^ Arizona taps Steelers' assistant as head coach - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
- ^ Los Angeles Times: Bruins have Oregon's Bellotti in their sights
- ^ Honolulu Advertiser: Possible loss of Jones brings dire forecasts
- ^ UCLA hires Chow as coordinator, Former USC coach takes job with crosstown rival, Associated Press, January 21, 2008.
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